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Semi-protected edit request on 16 September 2025

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Change caption = Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout hits a home run on a pitch from New York Mets pitcher Tommy Milone on May 21, 2017.

to caption = Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout hits a home run off a pitch from New York Mets pitcher Tommy Milone on May 21, 2017. Museofeos (talk) 15:53, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Day Creature (talk) 17:03, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Canada

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Baseball was recorded in Canada a year before it was in the USA. Why is this left out? Somebody please make correct. ~2026-19785-3 (talk) 03:10, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 10 January 2026

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Change origin of modern game from USA to Canada.

https://www.cbc.ca/sportslongform/entry/how-canada-invented-american-football-baseball-basketball-and-hockey ~2026-19785-3 (talk) 03:13, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. The article already discusses the Beachville, Ontario game mentioned by the CBC source you linked, describing it as the first recorded baseball game in North America. Day Creature (talk) 04:42, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Philip Jose Farmer

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his book Flesh has America being like ancient greece. the city-states battle through a rougher futuristic version of baseball. the teams are not just named after animals for fun... the team's "mascot" is likely the primary provider of furs and skins for the team and its fans to wear and eat. the bucks, bulls, and beavers fight it out in a semi-equal battlefield likely not too different from a ball park. MikeLavalet (talk) 05:36, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

OK, but this page is for discussing how to improve the baseball article. Unless you're suggesting that we should mention Farmer's story in this article, this comment is off-topic. If you are suggesting that — I'm very skeptical that we should. The relevant calculation is not how important baseball is to the story, but how important the story is to baseball. --Trovatore (talk) 22:09, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]